Carla Concepcion-Crisol, PhD

Carla Concepcion, PhD is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Molecular Pharmacology & Therapeutics and a member of the Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center at Columbia University Irving Medical Center. Dr. Concepcion received her BS in Molecular Biology & Biotechnology from the University of the Philippines in Manila. She obtained her PhD from Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences of Cornell University where she studied microRNAs (miRNAs) in cancer and development in the lab of Dr. Andrea Ventura at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. Dr. Concepcion did her postdoctoral training with Dr. Tyler Jacks at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology where she focused on the mechanisms through which alterations in SMARCA4, a core catalytic component of SWI/SNF chromatin remodeling complexes, transform the chromatin landscape and drive tumorigenesis in the lung. Dr. Concepcion began her independent research program at the Department of Molecular Pharmacology & Therapeutics at CUIMC in 2022. Her lab seeks to understand how altered chromatin states contribute to cell fates as tumors evolve with the goal of developing hypothesis-driven therapeutic strategies.